Why Snape Can't Be Evil

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Cathy:
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> And I agree with those who cite Snape's mere blocking of Harry's
> spells, combined with his comments about using non-verbal spells 
and
> his anger at being called a coward, as evidence of an extraordinary
> amount of restraint for one ESE.



Alla:

I am not quite sure why many posters keep saying that Snape only 
blocked Harry's spells.  He did respond with rather nasty spell, no?

"And he slashed at the air: Harry felt a white - hot, whiplike 
something hit him across the face and was slammed backwards into the 
ground. Spots of light burst in front of his eyes and for a moment 
all the breath seemed to have gone from his body, then he heard a 
rush of wings above him and something enormous obscured the stars." -
 HBP, p.604.


I mean you can argue that prior to that Snape saved him from Crucio, 
or you can argue that he simply was following the Orders from his 
Lord Thingy.

You can argue that he was giving Harry tips how to fight OR you can 
argue  that he  was simply gloating and in the great tradition of 
such stories was giving Harry tips unwillingly.

But if you follow Snape as ESE intepretation, one can argue that  
when Harry called him a Coward, Snape could not keep his heart 
desires quiet anymore and finally attacked Harry. Who knows which 
spells Harry would have to endure from Snape if Buckbeak would not 
show up.

JMO,

Alla.